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Page Two THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER June 7, 1935 The Chatham Blanketeer Editor-in-Chief Claudia Austin Assistant j Hoyt T. Hambright Editors | A. R. Plaster Circulation j R. G. Chatham. Jr. Managers Stauber Flynt Chief Reporter John Sagar Leona Darnell Club Reporters.-. J Bessie Gilliam I Madie Austin Weaving Catherine Brannon Spinning & Carding Pauline Morrison Shop, Dye & Power Plant Elizabeth Underwood Spooling & Burling Fay Reavis Wool Dept Pauline Masten Napping & Wash Room Dorothy Norman Finishing Dept Hallie Ball Shipping Dept Margaret Tayior Night Force Earl Conrad Old Mill Sherman Newman Winston Office Roxie Bowen Elkin Office....Marjorie Greenwood Bride of Saturday Surry County 1896 Surry is a north border county, contiguous to the Blue Ridge, and belongs to the Piedmont Plateau region of the State. The Yadkin river is its southern bounda^.y. Its western section is quite moun tainous and there are small mountains in the middle, so that its surface is quite broken, and its average elevation is nearly 1,- 400 feet. Its soils and forests are like those of the neighboring counties—Stokes and Forsyth; the high slaty ridges and moun tains, as well as much of the roll ing surface, having a light gras sandy loam soil and forests of oak and pine, with sourwood and chestnuts, while the better tracts of reddish clay loams have a pre dominant growth of oaks, pop lar, hickory, etc., with litttle or no pine. The agriculture of the county is like that of Stokes, tobacco of the better grades being the chief market crop, but of greatly less value than the grain product. The water power of the county is no table, a number of large tribu taries of the Yadkin crossing its territory with a fall of several hundred feet. This is a feature common to the whole Piedmont region. There are several cotton factories and iron mines and forges in the county. The Blue Ridge, in part of its course, is remarkably prolific in bold streams, which rapidly con tribute to the formation of the large river, Yadkin, which catches all these affluents on the south border of the county. Among these streams are the Ararat Fishers, Mitchells and Elkin, all within the territory of Surry, all with productive valleys, and all riJPlDX CORNER Mrs. Clyde A. Johnson, who prior to her marriage Saturday was Miss Vera Virginia Austin, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Austin, of Ridgeway, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are at home to their friends at 800 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem. with remarkably fine water pow er. The mineral interest of the county is confined chiefly to iron, large and valuable deposits of which are clearly defined; in fact the deposits have been exploited and the quality and quantity of the ores amply demonstrated. Other minerals are found in the county. Tobacco is the most important money crop, and the annual aver age of the crop is about 1,500,- 000 pounds. The other principal crops are corn, wheat, rye, oats, fruits, grass and live stock. About one-half the county is still in or iginal forest, and is well timbered with pine, oak, chestnut, poplar, hickory, walnut, locust and cher ry. The most noted manufacturers of the county are, twenty-one to bacco factories, four woolen mills, two cotton factories and two shoe Richard W. Nissen Weds Mr*- Pauline McConnell Announcement has been ma^' of the marriage of Richard ^ Nissen and Mrs. Pauline McCoH' nell, which took place Monda? afternoon at 5:30 at the parson' aeg of Southside Baptist church Rev. V. M. Swaim officiating. ceremony was witnessed by a close friends. John son - Austin Announcements were receive® recently which read as follows: “Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Austin aO' nounce the marriage of their si®' ter, Vera, to Clyde Alwyn Jo^^’ son on Saturday, the twenty-fif*® of May, 1935. Danville, Va.” Mr. and Mrs. Johnson wef* married in a quiet ceremony if factories and various other lesser plants. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad exte::ds from Mt. Airy to Wilmington, and makes good connections. The North western North Carolina railroad a brar.ch of the Southern system passss through the southern por tion of the county, the two lines affording ample transportation for the products of the county. Dobson, the county seat, is sit uated near the center of the county, and has a population of 275; Mt. Airy, the largest town in the county has a population of 3,000; Elkin and Pilot Moun tain, about 600 each, besides which are Rockford, Siloam, White Plains and other thrifty towns. There are many places of special interest in Surry; Pilot Mountain is a favorite point, and is annually visited by scores of tourists, and the White Sulphur Danville, Va., on Saturday, 25th, in the presence of relative*' with the Rev. M. T. Sorrell, pa®' tor of the First Christian churc^ officiating. The bride wore ^ suit of navy blue, with accessories. , Mrs. Johnson is the daughter the late Mr. and Mrs. T. S. AustiiJ of Ridgeway, Va., and attend^ school at Harrisonburg St3^ Teachers College, Harrisonbuf^ Va. Mr. Johnson is the son of and Mrs. C. A. Johnson, of RoC^^' Mount, Va., formerly of Winstofj Salem. He is a graduate Washington and Lee Universi^'j class of 1933, and a member ® the Pi Kappa Alpha social ternity. He holds a responsi*’*^ position with the Carolina Ven^®' Company of High Point. They will be at home to friends after June 1st. 800 Hawthorne Road. Springs has gained a reputa from the curative qualities of , it-‘ waters. The Mount Airy Gra Co. operates the quarries of oit« 0 est same name, which are the in the State, 90 acres being extent of the quarry; stone of dimensions may be had, and in full operation from 300 to ^ men are employed. -g Surry county contains 302/. acres of land, valued at $1,257.® * and 1,447 town lots, values $72,151. g. Of domestic animals there 2,006 horses; 1,665 mules; cattle; 7,267 hogs; and 2, sheep. Product of taxation—for use, $5,684.71; pensions, $1,204-3 schools, $10,390.67; county, ^ 018.58. Population; white, 16,926; ored, 2,355; total, 19,281.
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